Madoff money is said to have been re-directed to Israel and is still available to many investors.

Mathaba have a story that Madoff has moved money to Israel where it is available to clients. They claim this results from the disclosures of secret Swiss / Lichtenstein bank Accounts that the US IRS is currently working on. They also say the total funds involved may be up to US$100 Bn.

One has to remember that there are very, very large numbers of people all round the world denied access to conventional methods of investing their earnings - they may find it difficult to explain having large capital sumas at hand which may result from :

1 VAT Missing Trader fraud in the EU - it is running at £4 Bn a year at present in the UK alone

2. Production, transport, distribution of illegal drugs (According to the 2005 United Nations World Drug Report, the value of the global illicit drug market for the year 2003 was estimated at US$13 billion at the production level, at US$94 billion at the wholesale level, and US$322–$400 billion based on retail prices and taking seizures and other losses into account. )

3. People trafficking / prostitution (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) The UN and other experts estimate the total market value of illicit human trafficking at $32 billion - about $10 billion is derived from the initial "sale" of individuals, with the remainder representing the estimated profits from the activities or goods produced by the victims of this barbaric crime.

4. Illegal Arms Trade - Size ? ask Mr Bout - unfortunatel he's in prison in hailand currently so may remain quiet.

5. Theft by Russian Oligarchs from the USSR State Assets - Size - consult ask Mr Berezonvsky - he should prove co-operative he has British citizenship.

6. Every other form of crime, financial fraud, embezzlement, theft etc.,profits from privatisation of the UK railways etc etc., Diamond / Gold / tantalum etc., smuggling out of Africa. Cigarette / Tobacco smuggling.